Eaglets sweep FIFA awards

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets were honoured with several individual awards in addition to lifting the FIFA U17 World Cup title for the fourth time last night in the United Arab Emirates.

Attacking midfielder, Kelechi Iheanacho, now famed for his killer passes, won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award aside the Silver Boot for emerging runner up in the Highest Goal Scorer’s category. Goalkeeper, Dele Alampasu, who conceded only four goals during the tournament, went home with the Golden Glove.

Equally the team got the Fair Play trophy for being the best behaved team for a record fourth time.

Statistics also revealed that the Eaglets were the best squad to be assembled by the country since the competition started in 1985.

The Eaglets not only won the competition for the fourth time on Asian soil yesterday, they also wrote their names in the record books as the country with the most goals in a tournament. They netted a total of 26 goals to break the record of 24 set by Germany at the 2007 edition in Korea. Incidentally, Nigeria then handled by the late Yemi Tella won the competition.